"cheer on" meaning in English

See cheer on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: cheers on [present, singular, third-person], cheering on [participle, present], cheered on [participle, past], cheered on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cheer on (third-person singular simple present cheers on, present participle cheering on, simple past and past participle cheered on)
  1. (transitive) To cheer and support (a team or individual); to barrack; to root for. Tags: transitive Translations (to cheer and support): azarkeşlik etmək (Azerbaijani), heppe på (Danish), kannustaa (Finnish), dopingować (Polish), kibicować (Polish), torcer (Portuguese), heja på (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cheer_on-en-verb-V218aitA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cheer on meaning in English (1.8kB)

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        "(transitive) To cheer and support (a team or individual); to barrack; to root for."
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          "sense": "to cheer and support",
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          "sense": "to cheer and support",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "to cheer and support",
      "word": "azarkeşlik etmək"
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      "sense": "to cheer and support",
      "word": "heppe på"
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      "sense": "to cheer and support",
      "word": "kannustaa"
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      "sense": "to cheer and support",
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      "sense": "to cheer and support",
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